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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: February 20, 2007 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: Orange County's Proposed 2007 Legislative Agenda <br />DEPARTMENT: County Commissioners PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) Yes <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Proposed Orange County 2007 Legislative Commissioner Alice Gordon <br />Goals Commissioner Mike Nelson <br />Public Hearing Notice <br />PURPOSE: To continue a public hearing and further review, discuss, and approve potential <br />items for inclusion in Orange County's legislative agenda package for the 2007 North Carolina <br />General Assembly Session. <br />BACKGROUND: In past years, the BOCC has reviewed and approved a package of legislative <br />items to pursue for North Carolina General Assembly sessions. Orange County's initial 2006 <br />legislative package addressed the following issues: <br />• Potential Statewide Referenda on Land for Tomorrow Bonds, School Construction <br />Bonds, and Water and Sewer Bonds <br />• Local Government Cable Franchise Authority <br />• Support State Public Education Initiatives with Clear and Full Funding By the State <br />• County Medicaid Relief <br />• Funding for Family House at UNC Hospitals <br />• Re-evaluation and Re-determination on the Course of Statewide Mental Health Reform <br />and Adequate Funding for Local Administrative Infrastructure <br />• Open Burning/Burning Permits/Local Authority <br />• Funding for Park and Ride Lot to Serve Downtown Hillsborough <br />• Public-Private Solid Waste Collection <br />• Refunds for Public School Systems for State and Local Sales and Use Taxes <br />• Request for Appointment of Citizens Committee to Follow-up on 2001 Smart Growth <br />Commission Report <br />• Funding for Feasibility Study for a Regional Shared Use Value-Added Processing Center <br />• Opposition to,"Exempt Builder's Inventory" <br />The Board also subsequently adopted in 2006 a resolution supporting electronics recycling and <br />job creation. <br />For the 2007 General Assembly Session, the County's Legislative Issues Work Group, led by <br />Commissioners Alice Gordon and Mike Nelson, developed a list of potential items for the <br />Board's consideration. The Board reviewed and discussed these items at the Board's January <br />23, 2007 regular meeting. The Board determined that it wanted to add two additional items - a